Part 8 in a 11-part blog series looking at questionable expenses of several government employees, as revealed by CTF Freedom of Information requests.
In 2011, the Metro Vancouver board dispatched Delta Mayor Lois Jackson to Bonn, Germany, for a conference. Mayor Jackson flew business class to Frankfurt plus a business class rail trip, and charged taxpayers $7,204.15 in airfare and train tickets.
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